Publications

Maximum retainable amounts of selected groundfish in the arrowtooth flounder fishery in the Gulf of Alaska.

NOAA Fisheries' biological opinion on the proposed action permitting the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program to carry out activities and research in support of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

NMFS  has received an application for an exempted fishing permit  (EFP) from the  Best Use Cooperative  (BUC).  The EFP would allow three vessels in the  BUC to sort halibut removed from a codend on the deck of the vessel,  and release those fish back to the water after accounting for the halibut condition using standard International  Pacific  Halibut Commission viability methods for predicting mortality of individual fish.  The EFP will allow these vessels to alter the amount of time that halibut are in a codend,  on deck and the amount of handling they receive prior to release.

Analysis of regulatory amendments related to observer providers, observers, and industry participating in the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program

This non-controversial rule removes regulations in 50 CFR part 679 that are expired. The corrections in this rule will remove the clutter of outdated regulations which will result in clearer regulations and will reduce the potential for confusion. In§ 679.20, NMFS would remove paragraphs (a)(5)(i)(D), (E), and (F), (a)(5)(iv)(C), and (c)(2); and remove the parenthetical phrase "(Effective April 1, 2005)" from paragraphs ( c )(5) and (c)(6). This action improves the efficiency of the regulations and is necessary to remove the clutter of outdated regulations and potential confusion.

Published Date: 2008

Provides an overview of the observer program nationally, and includes information on regional accomplishments and budgets.

This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis analyzes the impacts of potential revisions to seabird avoidance (seabird bycatch) measures used in the hook-and-line fisheries conducted in the Bering Sea.

Application for an exempted fishing permit from North Pacific Fisheries Foundation

This report documents marine mammal and Cook Inlet beluga whale behavior during the Port of Anchorage Marine Terminal construction during the summer of 2008.